Description |
xii, 379 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Man and wife is one flesh : Hamlet and the confrontation with the maternal body -- Is thy union here? : union and its discontents in Troilus and Cressida and Othello -- Marriage and the maternal body : on marriage as the end of comedy in All's well that ends well and Measure for measure -- Suffocating mothers in King Lear -- Escaping the matrix : the construction of masculinity in Macbeth and Coriolanus -- Making defect perfection : imagining male bounty in Timon of Athens and Antony and Cleopatra -- Masculine authority and the maternal body : the return to origins in the romances |
Summary |
"An original reading of Shakespeare's plays illuminating his negotiations with mothers, present and absent, and tracing the genesis of Shakespearean tragedy and romance to a psychologized version of the Fall."--Publisher's description |
Analysis |
English drama |
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English drama |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-363) and indexes |
Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Mothers.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Mothers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002465
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Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tradegies
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- tradegies
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Human body in literature.
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Domestic drama, English -- History and criticism.
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Drama -- Psychological aspects.
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Fantasy in literature.
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Masculinity in literature.
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Mothers and sons in literature.
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Psychoanalysis and literature -- England.
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Psychoanalysis and literature.
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LC no. |
91029716 |
ISBN |
0415900387 |
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0415900395 (paperback) |
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